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LordPugIII
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Hiya all,

 

I have an EVGA PSU. It's a 550W g2 80+ Gold PSU.

 

It has a cable called a Molex Perif cable and I am unsure where it plugs in. It has a converter that changes it into a fan connector that looks like it goes into a fan header.

 

Please can I have some assistance as where to connect this cable and if I need to or not?

 

Cheers, all the best,

 

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If you don't need it, don't plug it in. They are mainly used to plug fans into the power supply, however, depending on the motherboard you have, you could have anywhere from 2-6 fan headers. Molex is a dying connector. Manufactures include just incase. Some power supplies still include floppy connectors.

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I currently have 3 fans, 1 exhaust at the back, one on my CPU cooler and one as in intake (oh and 1 in the PSU but that doesn't really count.)

 

They are all connected to the motherboard via cpu/sys fan headers.

 

Does this mean that I do not need the molex one?

 

Cheers.

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14 minutes ago, LordPugIII said:

I currently have 3 fans, 1 exhaust at the back, one on my CPU cooler and one as in intake (oh and 1 in the PSU but that doesn't really count.)

 

They are all connected to the motherboard via cpu/sys fan headers.

 

Does this mean that I do not need the molex one?

 

Cheers.

Sounds like you don't need the molex connector then. As @deVIZtation said, manufacturers just include it incase it's needed for old stuff.

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Just now, burnttoastnice said:

Sounds like you don't need the molex connector then. As @deVIZtation said, manufacturers just include it incase it's needed for old stuff.

Ok thank you very much.

 

All of my 3 fans are connected via cpu/sys fan connectors.

 

Is that ok then?

 

Cheers.

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2 minutes ago, LordPugIII said:

Ok thank you very much.

 

All of my 3 fans are connected via cpu/sys fan connectors.

 

Is that ok then?

 

Cheers.

That's all good. Many mobo's even allow you to change the sys/cpu fan speed in the bios.

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1 minute ago, burnttoastnice said:

That's all good. Many mobo's even allow you to change the sys/cpu fan speed in the bios.

Thank you

 

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